steve1958
Drone Bee
- Joined
- Jul 13, 2009
- Messages
- 1,071
- Reaction score
- 283
- Location
- Hampshire UK
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 5
Recently I started a thread re Disguising my Hive in preparation for siting it on an allotment.
Well.....
I thought it a good idea to contact the other Bee Keeper who has an allotment on the site (This is a Big site we are talking about).
Mainly to see if he has had many problems there.
I was expecting some negativity from a few of the Allotment Holders
and thought my challenge was going to be persuading them that Bees would be beneficial etc etc.
However what I didnt expect was the amount of negativity I received from a fellow Bee keeper.
I traced the mans number and gave him a call, expecting to get advise and support.
However it appeared to me that he was doing his best to try and put me off.
I don't know if he is a naturally negative character, or maybe he feels any other Hives will be competition for his Bees.
But he certainly sounded less than happy about the prospect of another Hive on the site.
He told me that I would have to request approval from the Allotment Holders Association Committee (which he is on),
and the local Beekeeping association Committee (which he is on),
and the local Council.
He then went on to say that he doubted if I would be approved.
He then went on to explain how my Bees could cause problems for the Allotment Holders when they start getting stung,
and all the swarms would scare people !
Not sure what Bees he has, but they certainly sound very angry ones if thats how they behave.
I think he feels some sort of status being the only Beekeeper on the Allotments.
Its a shame really because the general public really are taking an interest at the moment.
I am still making preparations to place a Hive on the site,
but it looks like it may not be this year.
I shall have to wait till the Varroa have killed off all his Hives first.
Well.....
I thought it a good idea to contact the other Bee Keeper who has an allotment on the site (This is a Big site we are talking about).
Mainly to see if he has had many problems there.
I was expecting some negativity from a few of the Allotment Holders
and thought my challenge was going to be persuading them that Bees would be beneficial etc etc.
However what I didnt expect was the amount of negativity I received from a fellow Bee keeper.
I traced the mans number and gave him a call, expecting to get advise and support.
However it appeared to me that he was doing his best to try and put me off.
I don't know if he is a naturally negative character, or maybe he feels any other Hives will be competition for his Bees.
But he certainly sounded less than happy about the prospect of another Hive on the site.
He told me that I would have to request approval from the Allotment Holders Association Committee (which he is on),
and the local Beekeeping association Committee (which he is on),
and the local Council.
He then went on to say that he doubted if I would be approved.
He then went on to explain how my Bees could cause problems for the Allotment Holders when they start getting stung,
and all the swarms would scare people !
Not sure what Bees he has, but they certainly sound very angry ones if thats how they behave.
I think he feels some sort of status being the only Beekeeper on the Allotments.
Its a shame really because the general public really are taking an interest at the moment.
I am still making preparations to place a Hive on the site,
but it looks like it may not be this year.
I shall have to wait till the Varroa have killed off all his Hives first.